You Are The River chords by Chely Wright

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Instrumental:
Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb


Verse 1:
    Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
I fall into you, get pulled along
         Eb MajorEb FF
Dragged out to sea before too long
   Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb  G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
Funny how it’s me who made you strong
      Bb majorBb  FF      Bb majorBb
You are the river and I’m the rain

           Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
You’ll flood your banks, you’ll take out towns
    Eb MajorEb     FF
I dove in, swearing I won’t drown
  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb     G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
If only I could just slow you down
      Bb majorBb  FF       Bb majorBb
You are the river, and I’m the rain

Chorus:
      G minorGm      Eb MajorEb
We’re just too much now, too much now
 Bb majorBb         FF
I guess we’re both to blame
  G minorGm        Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb  FF
No I don’t know how, I don’t know how to stay away…


Verse 2:
  Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
I never know just when to stop
         Eb MajorEb      FF    F minorFm
You swell with pride till your levees drop
 Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb  G minorGm    Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA hurricane, oh all was lost
      Bb majorBb  FF      Bb majorBb
You are the river and I’m the rain


Instrumental:
   Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb  FF
Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  G minorGm  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  FF  Bb majorBb

Bridge:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
We’ll never change
       FF
Try to wish us away, Love
    Eb MajorEb
Oh but I know better
 EbmEbm       Bb majorBb
We’re a perfect storm
          FF   Bb majorBb
It’s just how we’re made
Eb MajorEb      F minorFm
I fall, you run…


Chorus:
      G minorGm      Eb MajorEb
We’re just too much now, too much now
   Bb majorBb       FF
It'll always be that way
G minorGm        Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb
I don’t know how, I don’t know how we'll ever change
      FF       Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
You’re the river and I am the rain
      Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
You are the river and I am the rain